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As the U. S. government remains the most active proponent of the " rogue state " expression, the term has received much criticism from those who disagree with U. S. foreign policy.

Critics charge that " rogue state " merely means any state that is generally hostile to the U. S., or even one that opposes the U. S. without necessarily posing a wider threat.

Some others, such as author William Blum, have written that the term is also applicable to the U. S. and Israel.

Both the concepts of rogue states and the " Axis of Evil " have been criticized by certain scholars, including philosopher Jacques Derrida and linguist Noam Chomsky, who considered it more or less a justification of imperialism and a useful word for propaganda.